Chrestomathy


1.  The North Wind and the Sun

An Aesop's fable

ni'o la berti brife jo'u la solri The North Wind and the Sun
.i la berti brife jo'u la solri pu troci leka djuno ledu'u makau traji leka vlipa vau fo le'i me lenei .icabo le pa litru noi dasni lo glare kosta cu mo'u klama The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak.
.i lu'i le remei pu simxu leka tugni fi lo nu traji leka vlipa vau fa le traji be leka clira fa lonu ce'u snada leka gasnu lo nu le pa litru co'u dasni le kosta They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other.
.i baku la berti brife co'a traji cupra le brife .i ku'i lonu by.by. zenba leka cupra le xokau brife cu rinka lonu le pa litru cu zukte leka zenba leka sela'u li xokau se tagji le kosta .ibazabo la berti brife co'u troci Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him; and at last the North Wind gave up the attempt.
.i baku la solri co'a dirce lo milxe glare .ibazibo le pa litru co'u dasni le kosta Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak.
.iseki'ubo la berti brife co'a bilga tugni fi lonu la solri cu traji leka vlipa vau fo la berti brife ce la solri And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.